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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📡 Understanding Baluns and Ununs: Proper Impedance Matching Baluns convert balanced antennas (dipoles) to unbalanced feedlines (coax). Ununs convert unbalanced to unbalanced with imp… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/understanding-baluns-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📡 Meshtastic in Practice: Off-Grid Messaging with LoRa Mesh Sending text messages, sharing GPS positions, and receiving sensor data — without the internet, without mobile networks, w… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/meshtastic-in-practic… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📡 New POTA website: next.pota.app is in public beta Parks on the Air is rebuilding its platform, and since 31 August 2026 you can watch it happen: next.pota.app is available as a public beta. It runs alo… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/new-pota-website-next… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📡 Yaesu C4FM/Fusion: Analog-Compatible Digital Voice Yaesu C4FM/System Fusion is a digital voice mode compatible with analog FM. Dual-mode operation: automatic switching between analog and … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/yaesu-c4fm-fusion-ana… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📡 Radio from the eternal ice: Neumayer Station III and DP0GVN In 2023, 160 pupils from Hermagor worked Antarctica via QO-100. On 20 September, someone who actually lived down there… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/radio-from-the-eterna… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

📡 Icom IC-7110: the X-026 concept becomes a production radio For four months the X-026 was a mock-up without a spec sheet. At the Tokyo Ham Fair Icom finally answered: it is the IC-7110, succes… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/icom-ic-7110-x-026-be… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 36/2026: SFI slides from 143 to 116 — but equinox season is starting From 143 to 116 in one week: the two regions that carried the flux are rotating over the west limb, and little is coming… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-36-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

📡 Amplifiers: Selection, Safety and Grounding Amplifiers boost transmit power for better DX. Tube amps: robust, high voltage (2-4 kV danger! 🔗 oeradio.at/en/amplifiers-selection-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📡 KiwiSDR: The Global Network of Open HF Receivers Imagine being able to access a shortwave receiver in New Zealand from your living room, simultaneously open a second one in Japan, and trian… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/kiwisdr-the-global-ne… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📡 Show us your boxes: the repeaters of CarinthiaMesh and the people behind them Just before midnight on 22 August, a request went out in the Carinthian MeshCore channel: show us your repeaters. … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/repeater-portraits-ca… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📡 23-cm Band and Higher: Microwave Bands Entry 23-cm band (1296 MHz) and higher microwave bands offer unique DX opportunities. Line-of-sight propagation required. 🔗 oeradio.at/en/23-cm-band-and-higher… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 35/2026: SFI 124 and a Quiet Field — but the Flare Risk Is Rising A whole week between 124 and 129: the solar flux has settled, the geomagnetic field is quiet, no CME in sight. The catch li… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-35-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

📡 Meteorscatter on VHF: Short Bursts for DX Meteorscatter uses meteor trails for VHF DX. Ionized trails reflect VHF signals for 0. 🔗 oeradio.at/en/meteorscatter-on-vhf-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📡 10 days of radio roadtrip with an abrupt ending 30 activations, around 3000 kilometres and 38 hours of pure driving time: Sigrid Magdalena OE1YLS originally wanted to activate three 4000-me… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/10-days-of-radio-road… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📡 Running OpenWebRX+: Your Own Web-Based SDR Server Imagine sharing your radio receiver with the entire world — directly through a web browser, without anyone needing to install software. Tha… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/running-openwebrx-you… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📡 SOTAmesh: SOTA spots on the MeshCore network, even without internet The antenna is up, the phone shows no bars, and the spot never goes out. That is exactly what the new MeshCore channel #sota … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/sotamesh-sota-spots-i… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📡 P25 and NXDN: Commercial Standards in Amateur Radio P25 and NXDN are commercial digital radio standards used in amateur radio. P25: public safety standard with FDMA/TDMA. 🔗 oeradio.at/en/p25-and-nxdn-commerci… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📡 Activity Contest on the Tischberg – my first Sporadic E from a summit 1063 metres, a porter, a loose connector – and in the end a 59+60 from England on 6 metres. OE5HKT on his a… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/activity-contest-tisc… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 34/2026: SFI Back at 117 — The Bands Recover, the Field Wobbles at the Start of the Week Six days, plus 23 flux points: after the slump to 94 the solar flux is back at 117 and the X-ray bac… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-34-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

📡 126.9 Kilometres on Half a Watt: How Carinthia's Mesh Network Grew to 32 Sites in Two Weeks 126.9 kilometres from the Koralpe into Slovenia, sent with half a watt. There is no provider and no mandate b… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/carinthia-mesh-32-sit… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

📡 D-STAR Explained: Reflectors and Callsign Routing D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) is a digital voice protocol. This article explains reflectors, callsign routing, and… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/d-star-explained-refl… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📡 Legendary Amateur Radio Transceivers – Radios That Made History Some amateur radio transceivers are more than mere technology — they are milestones that fundamentally changed … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/legendary-amateur-rad… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📡 IOTA (Islands on the Air): Island DXing Program IOTA (Islands on the Air) is a DX program for island activations. Each island group has an IOTA reference number. 🔗 oeradio.at/en/iota-islands-on-the-a… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 33/2026: SFI crashes to 97 — thin bands, but the Perseids save the week Week 33 / 2026 | 10 – 16 August | SFI currently 97, NOAA forecast 105–115 | SSN ~62 | A 4–8 | Kp mostly 2, Monday up t… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-33-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

📡 ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding): Fox Hunting Fox hunting (ARDF — Amateur Radio Direction Finding) combines orienteering with radio direction finding. Hidden transmitters ("foxes") s… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/ardf-amateur-radio-di… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📡 MeshCore: Radio Without a Mobile Network — and Why Now Is the Moment to Join In There are moments when you can get in on a radio project early enough that your own participation still chang… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/meshcore-radio-withou… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📡 RaDAR Rally: Set Up Fast, Make Contacts, Move On Imagine this: you are hiking through the Austrian countryside, you set up a complete amateur radio station in just a few minutes, make five co… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/radar-rally-set-up-fa… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📡 Reverse Beacon Network (RBN): Global Skimmer Network The Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) is a worldwide network of CW skimmer stations that monitor bands and provide real-time signal reports… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/reverse-beacon-networ… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 32/2026: SFI holding at 140 — quiet field from Tuesday, summer Es fading out Week 32 / 2026 | 3 – 9 August | SFI currently 140, NOAA forecast 120–130 | SSN ~102 | A 4–15 | Kp mostly 2, Mond… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-32-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 FT2 and WSJT-X Modes: Weak Signals on VHF/UHF Beyond FT8, WSJT-X offers specialized modes: FT2 (new 2026, 4x faster), Q65 (weak signal for alpine), FT4 (contest), MSK144 (meteorscatter). This … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/ft2-and-wsjt-x-modes-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 What Counts When Nobody Is Counting Without points, hardly anyone would be standing on a summit at five in the morning. The programmes are a gift to this hobby. And still there is that moment when you … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/what-counts-when-nobo… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Haunoldköpfl and Antelao: Two SOTA First Activations in the Dolomites The weather forecast, the shift schedule and the construction schedule finally make the long-planned SOTA first activa… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/haunoldkoepfl-antelao… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Troposcatter and Rain Scatter – VHF/UHF DX via Atmospheric Scattering On VHF and UHF, range normally ends at the horizon. But the atmosphere has some tricks up its sleev… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/troposcatter-and-rain… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Old Open-Ended Amateur Radio Licence? This Deadline Matters Anyone who received their amateur radio licence up to and including 30 November 2018, and had it issued as "open-ended" back the… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/unlimited-amateur-rad… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Low-Band DX: 160m and 80m at Night for Worldwide Contacts 160 m and 80 m are considered the supreme discipline of shortwave DX. During the day they barely reach beyond your own reg… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/low-band-dx-160m-and-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 FreeDV: Open-Source Digital Voice for Shortwave FreeDV is the fully open-source alternative to proprietary digital voice modes like D-STAR or DMR. Where those rely on the licence-encumbered … 🔗 oeradio.at/en/freedv-open-source-di… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 DX Weather Week 30/2026: SFI recovering toward 130 — quiet field, summer Es fading Week 30 / 2026 | 20–26 July | SFI currently ~105, forecast toward ~130 | SSN ~24 | A mostly 5 | Kp mostly 2, Wed/Thu up to… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/dx-weather-week-30-20… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 VARA Modem: Fast HF Data Transfer for Winlink and Emcomm In 2026 VARA is the fastest software-based HF data modem and forms the backbone of the worldwide Winlink network — at the sa… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/vara-modem-fast-hf-da… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 RTTY, PSK31 and Olivia: Classic Data Modes Beyond FT8 Beyond FT8, classic keyboard-to-keyboard modes remain actively used. This article explains RTTY, PSK31, PSK63 and Olivia — with sof… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/rtty-psk31-and-olivia… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Emergency Go-Box: Building a Portable Emergency Radio Station When conventional communications fail during a blackout, earthquake, or severe storm, radio amateurs are often the… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/emergency-go-box-buil… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 New: Digital Voice in Austria – DMR, D-STAR, C4FM, TETRA and SVXLink at a Glance Digital voice can seem daunting at first: DMR, D-STAR, C4FM, TETRA, SVXLink — different networks, different radios, diff… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/new-digital-voice-in-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Station Grounding and Lightning Protection: Protecting Your Shack from Surges Station grounding and lightning protection are among those topics a radio amateur happily pu… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/station-grounding-and… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 Amateur Radio Exam in Austria 2026: The Complete Guide Are you interested in amateur radio and want to become active on the bands yourself? Then your path leads through the amateur ra… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/amateur-radio-exam-in… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 OE8YAK – Anna-Maria: Three Category Wins in a Row at the AOEE Amateur radio has these quiet, exceptional talents who are talked about far too rarely. One of them holds the callsign O… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/oe8yak-anna-maria-thr… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

📡 New Website: Homebrew Instead of a Kit — oeradio.at Now Runs Static If the new green looks familiar: oeradio.at has been completely rebuilt. WordPress is history — the site i… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/new-website-homebrew-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📡 SO2R: Single-Operator-Two-Radio for Contesters A contest lives and dies by rate: as many contacts per hour as possible, as many multipliers as possible. And there's an uncomfortable truth her… 🔗 oeradio.at/en/so2r-single-operator-… #Amateurfunk #HamRadio #OERadio

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OERadio @oeradio.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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